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Birth Name: | Reginald Taylor |
Birth Date: | 23 March 1889 |
Birth Place: | Hillsborough, Taranaki, New Zealand |
Death Place: | Mesen, Belgium |
Ru Position: | Wing-forward |
Ru Nationalyears: | 1913 |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 2 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | (3) |
Ru Province: | Taranaki |
Ru Provinceyears: | 1910–1914 |
Reginald Taylor (23 March 1889 – 20 June 1917) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A wing-forward, Taylor represented Taranaki at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1913. He played two matches for the All Blacks, both international matches against the touring Australian side.[1]
Taylor served in World War I as a lance corporal in the Wellington Infantry Regiment. He was killed in action at Mesen on 20 June 1917, and buried nearby at Underhill Farm Cemetery.[1]